Unscientific Predictions: 2026-27 Big East Men’s Basketball Preseason Awards

Confession Time: I completely missed the announcement that Big East Basketball Media Day was coming up on Thursday, October 1st. As such, I completely whiffed on sending out ballots to my usual collection of Smart Marquette People for the preseason poll that you’ve seen here the last few years. Instead, you’ll have to settle for my own picks as opposed to the collective wisdom of several people.

Let’s go, that clock is ticking towards Thursday morning pretty quickly…..

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Big East Preseason Player of the Year: Silas Demary, Connecticut Huskies

The Big East’s leader in assists last season is the only All-Big East First Team honoree from the end of last season returning for this season. Therefore: He gets to be The Man around these parts to start the season. Fun Fact: Demary is the only healthy player returning from either the First Team OR the Second Team. Teammate Solo Ball was a Second Teamer, but he was announced as sitting out the 2026-27 season because of offseason wrist surgery. That announcement came before the NCAA announced the five years/five seasons eligibility thing, so there might be a chance that Ball plays this year. However, if the April thought was “we’ll just have him sit out the year,” then I think it’s a pretty safe bet we shouldn’t be putting him on any preseason lists of anything.

Big East Preseason Freshman of the Year: Colben Landrew, Connecticut Huskies

The 6’6″, 236 pound forward from McComb, Mississippi, is the #27 prospect in the Class of 2026 according to the 247 Sports Composite system. He’s the highest ranked freshman that’s entering the Big East, so we could definitely make worse picks.

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If you’re looking for possible competition as the season goes along: Providence’s Javon Bardwell is #34, Landrew’s teammate Junior County is #44, and Villanova’s Adam Oumiddoch rounds out the list of top 75 freshmen at #68.

Preseason All-Big East Team

Silas Demary, Connecticut
Nigel James, Marquette
Jackson McAndrew, Creighton
Jovan Milicevic,…

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